Agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested over 150 people in immigration raids in Northern California this week - two days after the community was tipped off by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.

Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, compared the mayor's warning on Saturday night - hours before ICE agents began knocking on doors and making arrests - to a "gang lookout yelling "police" in an appearance on Fox News. "California and the city of Oakland have declared itself "sanctuaries" for illegal aliens and refused to cooperate with federal immigration authorities".

Federal immigration agents arrested more than 150 people in California in the days after Schaaf's warning of the raids, the agency announced on February 27.

More than half of these arrestees had "prior felony convictions for serious or violent offenses, such as child sex crimes, weapons charges, and assault, or had past convictions for significant or multiple misdemeanors", according to a statement from an ICE office in Los Angeles.

Schaaf disagrees. She said, "I was sharing information in a way that was legal and was not obstructing justice, and it was an opportunity to ensure that people were aware of their rights".

Since Sunday, more than 150 people have been arrested in San Francisco, Sacramento and Stockton for what ICE says are violations of federal USA immigration laws.

"She [the mayor] gave them warning and there are 800 that we are unable to locate because of that warning so that community is a lot less safe than it would have been", Homan said.

The mayor has local defenders like UC Hastings College of the Law immigration professor Richard Boswell, who says "She's trying to keep some level of peace within the community".

Bagley returns, leads No. 5 Duke past Syracuse
According to oddsmakers from online sports book YouWager, the Blue Devils are 13-point favorites to beat the Orange this evening. The 2015 Blue Devils made a late-season adjustment in switching to a zone defense, and rode that wave to a national title .

Juan Pierto, an undocumented 25-year-old who has been living in the USA for 17 years, said depression is rising in his family. "ICE's tactics continue to undermine trust and cause widespread fear within our communities". The mayor said her information on the raid did not come from official channels and that given the same situation she would do it again.

Despite protests from the now sanctuary state, similar sweeps conducted throughout California in fiscal year 2017 netted more than 20,000 illegal immigrants.

Oakland leader Libby Schaaf has defended her warning to the public about the immigration agents' swoop.

"I have to believe that some of them were able to elude us thanks to the mayor's irresponsible decision", Homan said.

"We've often seen that actual confirmed reports that come through the local rapid-response networks and the hotlines are usually just a small percentage of how many people are actually being picked up", said Hamid Yazdan Panah with the Northern California Rapid Response and Immigrant Defense Network. Speaking in her office, the mayor said she stood by her decision to reveal an operation she learned about from confidential "credible sources". As the Trump Administration pursues their political plan of haphazardly punishing sanctuary cities, we will not cower. "Rather than focus on people who are risky criminals, we hear ICE may be terrorizing communities, including family members who are citizens".

The most recent painting is at least 64,800 years old, according to this technique, and the oldest is more than 66,000 years old. The uranium-thorium method involves dating tiny carbonate deposits that have built up on top of the cave paintings.

The match settled into a 5-5 tie through seven ends before the USA stormed through with a rare five-point end in the eighth. The U.S. won its first curling gold medal after beating Sweden 10-7 early Saturday morning.

Since 2007, Hamas has been governing Gaza while Fatah has been based in the autonomous parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Fishing is one of the biggest industries in the Gaza Strip, a coastal enclave of nearly 2 million inhabitants.

Benzema set up Ronaldo's opening goal and later the Portuguese allowed the Frenchman to take a penalty. Having played the same number of games as each other, Zizou scored 49 goals while Isco has managed 40.

Speaking to reporters following his release, Muslim said he was holding meetings in Europe to explain what was happening in Afrin. Turkey-backed forces recently announced they had seized all positions along the Turkey-Syria border in Afrin.

Reports indicate Bayraktar has refused to answer questions from investigators, but has denied the accusations against him. Traces of blood were found at the property, where a large amount of air freshener had also been used, Kyodo reported.

Accordingly, one member - Dr Bhushan Lal Jangde ( Bharatiya Janata Party ) will be retiring from the Upper House on April 2, 2018. Besides these, the Election Commission has also announced by-poll for the Kerala Rajya Sabha seat vacated by MP Veerendra Kumar.

It is the first time a private citizen has been accorded such recognition since civil rights hero Rosa Parks in 2005. Bush said in a statement reported by the Houston Chronicle, "Billy Graham was America's pastor".

The abduction took place after militants attacked their school in the town of Dapchi in the north-eastern Yobe state on Feb 19. They started telling the terrified girls they were soldiers there to help them, and shepherded them toward their vehicles.

ExxonMobil Corp said it had shut its Hides gas conditioning plant, close to the quake's epicentre, to assess any damage. The quake follows another seismic event in Japan , where a 5.5 magintude natural disaster struck just hours before.

Articles

ED seizes 41 assets of Nirav Modi
Officials said of the attached properties in Mumbai , Prasad Chambers at Opera House was bought by the Choksi family in 1960s. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have registered two FIRs each in this case.

Neymar To Undergo Surgery, Out Of Real Clash
However, it seems Neymar will be unable to play in the match as the club have confirmed he has picked up a fractured metatarsal. Zidane, however, said on Monday: "I'm not happy with the Neymar injury and I hope he can be back for the game".

This phone's camera pops up to take your selfie -- for reals
This time, however, the fingerprint sensor is not just in one spot, rather taking up the entire bottom half of the display . No doubt we'll be seeing them in not only this phone but other manufacturers' offerings in the not-to-distant future.

Argentina: 400 kilos of cocaine found in Russian embassy
Blizniouk and Chikalo were arrested by the Argentine national police in Buenos Aires two months later on February 21. The police then switched the cocaine with flour, inserted a tracking device and waited until the bags were moved.

Notley lifts ban on BC wine imports in Alberta
In B.C.it's much closer, only 58 per cent support their government's attempts to block the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. Prodan also noted that an estimated 25 per cent of space on Alberta liquor store shelves is for BC wines.